Side-by-side comparison
| Rule | Lucid | Apex |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest evaluation | $89 | $167 |
| Billing | One-time | One-time (Legacy monthly) |
| Activation fee | No activation fee | $59–$159 or a no-activation-fee option |
| Drawdown | EOD (Daily funded: intraday) | Intraday / EOD |
| Daily loss limit | Your choice at checkout | In EOD eval and PA (tiered) |
| Consistency | Flex/Daily 50% in eval · Pro funded 40% · Direct 20% | None in eval · 50% on PA (Legacy 30%) |
| Profit split | 90/10 | 100% (Legacy: 100% of first $25K, then 90%) |
| Payouts | Any day once eligible | 5 qualifying days |
| News trading | Allowed (Daily funded: no Red Folder) | Allowed |
| Max accounts | 10 eval · 5 Sim · 5 Live (per household) | 20 PA · Live up to 5 |
| Plans | Flex, Pro, Daily, Direct | Intraday Trail, EOD Trail, Legacy (back on sale) |
| Max funding | $750K | $3M |
| Platforms | NinjaTrader, Quantower, Rithmic, TradingView, Tradovate, TradeSea, DeepChart (Rithmic accounts, connection only) | Rithmic, Tradovate, NinjaTrader, TradingView, WealthCharts, DeepChart (Rithmic accounts, connection only) |
| Rating | ★ 4.5 (User rating) | ★ 4.2 (User rating) |
| Discount code | MA1303 | — |
Prices are the lowest list price before any coupon. Each firm has several plans with different rules — open the full rulebook for size-by-size tables.
Lucid Trading OUR PICK
Four plans (Flex, Pro, Daily, Direct), one-time payment with no time limit, 90/10 at every stage and live funding up to $750K.
Pros
- 4 plans: Flex, Pro, Daily, Direct
- 90/10 with no activation fee
- LucidDaily: request a payout any day (min $500), no funded consistency rule
- LucidLive: real capital up to $750K, 90/10
- Choosing a DLL at checkout lowers price and reset cost
Watch out for
- Consistency varies: 50% in Flex/Daily eval, 40% Pro Funded, 20% Direct
- Daily funded: flat 1 min before/after Red Folder news — violation is a hard breach
- Household account limits and a profit target between payouts on Pro and Direct
Current deals
- Standing discount on evaluations — Permanent partner discount, no time or usage limit. Use MA1303 — the discount shows at checkout. (Permanent)
Discount code: MA1303
Claim discount at Lucid ↗ Full rulebook →Apex Trader Funding
Up to 20 PA accounts at once and up to $3M combined. 30-day one-time evaluations, 100% of approved payouts on the new plans — and Legacy is back.
Pros
- Up to 20 PAs; copying same-direction trades across your own PAs is allowed
- 100% of approved payouts on the new plans
- Pass in one day — no minimum days, no eval consistency
- No MAE or 5:1 rule on the new plans
- Real-time data and NinjaTrader included
Watch out for
- Evals expire after 30 days, no resets
- Only 7 days to activate a PA, no extensions
- New PAs close after 6 payouts
- EOD costs 2×+ Intraday
- Payout rules differ across Intraday, EOD and Legacy
Current deals
- Legacy PA one-time activation – $125 any size — Also applies to evals bought earlier if activated during the promo. Codes don't apply to activation or resets. (Sep 29, 2026 · 11:59 PM ET)
- Legacy – 90% off the first month — Renewals 80% off; resets $80. (Limited time)
How to choose between them
- Drawdown: Lucid — EOD (Daily funded: intraday); Apex — Intraday / EOD. EOD drawdown only moves on the daily close, intraday drawdown also trails open profit.
- Consistency: Lucid — Flex/Daily 50% in eval · Pro funded 40% · Direct 20%; Apex — None in eval · 50% on PA (Legacy 30%). Check whether the rule applies in the eval, when funded, or both.
- Real cost: Lucid is one-time with no activation fee; Apex is one-time (legacy monthly) with activation $59–$159 or a no-activation-fee option. Add resets to the math.
- Payouts: Lucid — Any day once eligible; Apex — 5 qualifying days.
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